World War II Honoree

Leonard G. Patterson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Morganton, Georgia

Honored By

Mrs. Della Patterson

Relationship

Wife

Invasion of Africa; jumped behind enemy lines in Africa, Sicily, Italy (hit in Italy, hospitalized in England). Made invasions across Ruhr River and Rhine River; invasion of France, June 6, 1944; Battle of the Bulge, 2nd Armored Division, helped liberate parts of Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg. Second invasion across Rhine River, met with Russians at Immendorf, Germany.